Ernest Borgnine
Date of birth: 1917-01-24
Place of birth: Hamden, Connecticut, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ermes Effron Borgnino, Эрнест Боргнайн, 어네스트 보그나인, ارنست بورگناین, اِرنِست بورگناین
Biography
Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but calm voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows. Borgnine's film career began in 1951, and included supporting roles in China Corsair (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Vera Cruz (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) and The Wild Bunch (1969). He also played the unconventional lead in many films, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955). He achieved continuing success in the sitcom McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he played the title character, and co-starred as Dominic Santini in the action series Airwolf (1984–1986), in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine earned his third Primetime Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the 2009 series finale of ER. He was known as the original voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 until his death in 2012. He had earlier replaced the late Vic Tayback as the voice of the villainous Carface Caruthers in both All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996–1998).
Movie Credits
Escape from New York
1981-05-23
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison
The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
The Wild Bunch
1969-06-19
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappea
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989-08-17
Teen-aged Tonyhas never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he t
The Dirty Dozen
1967-06-15
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy châtea
Gattaca
1997-07-09
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is a
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965-12-15
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of th
Renegade
2004-02-09
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between th
September 11
2002-09-04
An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000-08-01
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britai
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979-11-14
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated wi
Hustle
1975-12-25
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is i
Super Fuzz
1980-09-18
While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed f
Young Warriors
1983-08-28
After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up a
The Prince and the Pauper
1977-06-03
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and so
Small Soldiers
1998-07-10
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their bat
From Here to Eternity
1953-08-28
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
1996-08-27
Two creepy "horror" films joined together by Merlin's Shop which is, in turn, introduced by a Grandp
Barabbas
1961-12-23
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pila
Hannie Caulder
1971-11-08
After she's raped by the outlaw trio who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunte
The Split
1968-11-04
A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Emperor of the North
1973-05-23
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
2006-01-01
A featurette documentary that looks into the making of "The Dirty Dozen," containing interviews wit
Deadly Blessing
1981-08-14
When a former member of a religious cult dies in a mysterious accident, Martha, who now lives alone
The Mob
1951-09-07
An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.
The Black Hole
1979-12-18
The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-te
Convoy
1978-06-27
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn
Johnny Guitar
1954-05-26
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the
The Genesis Code
2010-08-25
A college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their sp
Vera Cruz
1954-12-25
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. T
The Horror Show
1979-02-06
A history of horror movies.
Moving Target
1988-01-01
Hot girlfriend witnesses mobsters killing her boyfriend. She goes on the run with mob and cops on he
Laser Mission
1989-11-01
A CIA agent is sent to get Professor Braun before the KGB can seize him as the Prof's knowledge, tog
BASEketball
1998-07-28
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985-02-04
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to e
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988-11-10
A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy w
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987-03-01
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelv
Strange Wilderness
2008-02-01
With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955-01-13
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. O
Willard
1971-07-30
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started b
The Vikings
1958-06-11
Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric
La cura del gorilla
2006-02-02
A bodyguard with split personality is hired to protect an elderly American actor sent to Italy to pr
Jubal
1956-02-25
Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter a
McHale's Navy
1997-04-18
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the ol
Pay or Die!
1960-07-27
A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Han
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954-06-16
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellu
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953-07-30
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wante
Marty
1955-04-11
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but sociall
The Neptune Factor
1973-06-26
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it
Airwolf: The Movie
1984-06-26
Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art ha
The Devil’s Rain
1975-07-01
A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and ens
The Lion of Judah
2011-06-03
Upon learning that Judah has been trapped in the clutches of the townspeople and faces the possibili
RED
2010-10-13
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassemb
Chuka
1967-07-23
A group under siege at an Army fort grapple with painful memories.
High Risk
1981-05-01
Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South America
Violent Saturday
1955-04-01
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, whi
When Time Ran Out...
1980-03-28
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues
Ice Station Zebra
1968-04-04
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes i
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997-07-27
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
The Trail to Hope Rose
2004-01-01
Lou Diamond Phillips and marina Black star together with Lee majors and Ernest Borgnine in a western
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996-03-29
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy
The Greatest
1977-05-17
Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassiu
Aces 'N' Eights
2008-03-15
Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for
Torpedo Run
1958-10-24
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas du
Man on a String
1960-03-25
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
Skeleton Coast
1988-04-14
A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
1998-11-17
Charlie, Itchy and Sasha itch and scratch their way through everything and anything in an effort to
Mistress
1992-07-24
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the s
The Ghost of Flight 401
1978-02-18
An aircraft crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 passengers. After the wreckage is removed
A Grandpa for Christmas
2007-11-24
An old-time movie-star singer/ hoofer rebonds with his estranged daughter and 9-year-old granddaught
3 Below
2005-01-10
Based on a true story. Three greedy capitalists, a land baroness, banker and politician, flood a Ver
Castle Rock
2000-01-01
Left alone in the wilderness after her grandfather suffers a heart attack, a teenage girl is befrien
The Oscar
1966-03-04
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Holly
Shoot
1976-05-28
When boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five combat
Run for Cover
1955-04-29
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
The Badlanders
1958-09-03
Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biogra
Fire!
1977-05-08
The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compe
The Double McGuffin
1979-06-01
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a bod
Bunny O'Hare
1971-10-18
Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who e
The Long Ride Home
2003-03-27
A man fights the law and the lawless in order to reunite with his wife and son in the 1860s west.
A Bullet for Sandoval
1969-08-19
After his girlfriend dies in childbirth, Confederate deserter John Warner travels to Mexico, where t
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959-12-01
Two Australian sugarcane cutters spend their annual five-month vacations in Sydney with their mistre
The Adventurers
1970-03-25
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was mur
The Best Things in Life Are Free
1956-09-28
Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing tea
The Opponent
1988-07-08
Greene plays an up and coming boxer with a powerful right hand and a heart of gold. He works night s
The Catered Affair
1956-06-14
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988-11-11
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns ou
Man Hunt
1984-12-09
A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding
Carpool
1983-10-05
Four strangers are thrown together in a carpool when a bag of money, almost a million dollars, falls
The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island
1999-12-01
Danny Quinn (Seth Bernard) lives with one great dream... he wants to prove his late father was right
The Revengers
1972-06-21
The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of m
The Wishing Well
2009-12-09
Widower, Mark Jansen, owns and runs the local newspaper for the Midwest town he grew up in. As he st
Rail Kings
2005-03-22
An irresponsible preppie, Preston West, is presumed to have murdered his parents for a sizable inher
Black City
1961-09-16
A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general an
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
2003-01-28
Episodes include, "Just One Bite", "Mermaidman and Barnacleboy", "Tea at The Treedome", "The Paper",
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012-04-27
Rex is an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any mean
Another Harvest Moon
2010-10-06
Another Harvest Moon is a tender drama about four elderly Americans coping with life in a nursing ho
Law and Disorder
1974-10-09
In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops have had enough and decide to take justice into t
Code Name: Wild Geese
1984-10-05
Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asi
The Rabbit Trap
1959-06-01
A man must choose between work or his family after he is called back to work during a family vacatio
The Bounty Hunter
1954-09-25
A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find th
Sunday in the Country
1974-11-22
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at
Red and White: Gone with the West
2008-02-01
A journey into the American Wild West, between Past and Present, from Buffalo Bill's last gleaming h
Blood Feud
1983-04-25
Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice.
The Last Match
1990-02-01
The daughter of a star quarterback is falsely accused of drug smuggling while visiting a small Cari
Go Naked in the World
1961-03-10
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high
Everyone Loves Mel
2000-03-10
Set in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, the legend of Swanson Lake is kept by one man and he's n
The Boxer
1972-02-02
Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox
Captiva Island
1995-01-01
While vacationing on Captiva Island, Florida with his parents, a teen, gloomy about his future, find
The Big Turnaround
1988-01-01
Two trained men, one angry local woman and the local priest take on the local crime lord and his cre
The Trackers
1971-12-15
A rancher comes home and finds that his son has been murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a bandit
China Corsair
1951-06-12
A stranded U.S. ship's engineer (Jon Hall) helps a Eurasian beauty (Lisa Ferraday) with coveted anti
Three Brave Men
1956-12-01
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
Frozen Stupid
2008-08-01
Tony loves ice fishing.
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
1970-09-11
War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby So
Der blaue Diamant
1993-11-07
A legendary blue diamond draws five friends on an arduous expedition to the jungles of Thailand. Thi
Cops and Robin
1978-03-28
A veteran street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned t
National Lampoon's Snatched
2011-01-01
A nice guy goes into the hospital for surgery and through a series of mishaps suffers every man's wo
Rain for a Dusty Summer
1971-09-22
In Mexico, a mad general is leading his own war against the Church. Priests are rounded up, churches
Twice in a Lifetime
1974-03-16
A tugboat operator and a waterfront cafe owner clash with a dock foreman who is trying to change the
Remote Control Magic: The Movie
2012-11-13
Remote Control Magic is the ultimate 70's channel surfing experience. Dante Fontana guides you on a
McHale's Navy
1964-06-25
The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come u
Love's Christmas Journey
2011-11-05
While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her br
Barn Red
2004-01-01
An elderly farmer finds out that he owes a huge inheritance tax. Land developers show up to offer hi
The Kiss Of Debt
2000-01-01
Tino Mariano, an aspiring opera singer indebted to a Mob boss. Money is no object, but when you are
The Last Great Ride
1999-01-01
A kid, his new friend who's a girl, his grandmother and their old neighbor who used to work as a dri
Tierärztin Christine
1993-11-21
When her father suffers a heart attack, Christine, a qualified vet, travels with her two children fr
Tierärztin Christine II: Die Versuchung
1995-10-12
A vet has successfully taken over her father's practice. Now the already smouldering marital crisis
The Square Jungle
1955-12-30
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through l
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
1984-10-07
Based on the true story of Morris Frank and the first U.S. Seeing Eye Dog, Buddy.
Holiday Hookers
1976-01-01
Madame is running a high class escort (and prostitution) service. She wants to quit the business as
Hoodwinked
1989-11-15
Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary tra
Hoover
2000-12-25
A solo performance by Ernest Borgnine in the character of J. Edgar Hoover, the controversial figure
Rat Pack
2022-01-11
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Fran
Night Club
2011-04-11
Three friends - aided by one of the residents - start a night club in a retirement home, after takin
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951-08-02
A newly promoted plant supervisor finds himself in the position of having to announce a layoff of hi
The Last Judgment
1961-10-26
In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on
The Last Command
1955-08-03
During the Texas War of Independence of 1836 American frontiersman and pioneer Jim Bowie pleads for
Seduction Of The South
1961-12-16
Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a
Mountain of Diamonds
1991-10-09
France, 1915. Young and radiantly beautiful Centaine de Thiry is the happiest woman in the world: in
That One Summer
2005-01-01
During a bittersweet reunion with his father Otis, Ted Garner recounts how he bonded with his own so
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009-07-14
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the belov
Appearances
1990-06-17
A drama centering on the joys, conflicts, and crises on a middle-class family and on its ex-football
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
2003-01-01
Take a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when kids sp
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996-03-15
He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academ
Naples '44
2016-12-15
A British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged mas
Ravagers
1979-06-26
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adve
Future Cop
1976-05-01
A veteran street cop is assigned a new partner. The partner is not exactly what he seems to be, thou
Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart
1995-02-17
After many years in prison, a changed robber comes home to see his sons again, one of them brain-dam
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997-04-01
Ernest Borgnine tours the country in his Luxury coach bus, The Sunbum.
Legend in Granite
1973-12-14
Follows Vince Lombardi's football career from one of Fordham University's legendary "Seven Blocks of
Any Man's Death
1990-05-10
When a photo-journalist vanishes while covering an African civil war, a roll of film holds the only
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007-10-13
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's con
Tides of War
1990-01-01
Nazis aim a secret weapon at the USA during WW2. The only people who can stop it must race against t
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
2013-10-03
For cineasts worldwide Sam Peckinpah is best known for his 1969 masterpiece The Wild Bunch. Yet for
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983-05-27
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
Oliviero Rising
2009-02-10
A young and charming employee finds himself victim of an "office intrigue" engineered by his attract
The American Hobo: History of the Railriding Worker
2003-01-01
Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie Emperor of the North, hosts and narrates this remar
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986-03-09
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scen
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008-05-14
1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted d
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971-02-01
An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, h
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005-01-01
Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and
La Classe américaine
1993-12-31
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an
Abilene
1999-03-13
When he finds out that his estranged brother is dying, a proud but stubborn old man decides to drive
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996-11-01
Oscar nominated "Making of" documentary about Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004-07-25
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000-05-16
Frank Sinatra, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, is remembered by some of the brightest
The Blue Light
2004-01-01
A young gamer ends up more involved with his favorite game than he expected.
Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine
2009-01-26
Oscar®-winner Ernest Borgnine sits down with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne to discuss hi
The Spirit of the Season
1994-11-23
A grandfather shares two Christmas stories with his grandchildren: "Thieves' Christmas," a story abo
Sandy in Disneyland
1974-04-10
Sandy Duncan hosts an all-star Hollywood cast as she takes us on a tour of Disneyland. But not just
Future Cop: Cops and Robin
To protect his former partner's widow, a veteran cop teams up with an android to keep her safe.
Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair
1956-01-01
Hot off the heels of the successful of Marty (1955) Ernest Borgnine presents the trailer for The Cat